And there were Two!

Titus meet Elsa, Elsa meet your big brother Titus.

Titus came home to some wonderful balloons, and in a distant second, a little sister. Titus was just curious enough to look at her, then go play. Pretty much did what Mom and Dad expected for him to do. Later that evening though, he decided he wanted to inspect a little further. He started with a pat on her leg, and felt her soft clothes. Then he touched her hat and her nose. He still loves to look at her with such curious intent. Soon he will expect her to run around and play with him! Enjoy some photos!

Elsa Providence Carnahan

Welcome Elsa Providence Carnahan! Elsa was born at 1:12am this morning. She weighed 7lbs. 4oz. and measured 21" long. She and Mommy are doing great and we are all excited to go home soon.

Elsa was supposed to be born today, just not quite so early. Our doctor had planned to induce Tiffany at 7:30am this morning, but Elsa's more of a late night person, so she got the party started last night at dinner. We were out with friends and family enjoying a meal when the contractions came on strong. We left Titus in good hands and came to the hospital. A short six hours later, Elsa was here. And I must say, this delivery was very smooth. Pushing only took 10-15 mins and wasn't nearly as tough on Mommy (or Daddy for that matter) when compared to her big brother. Speaking of big bro Titus, he's doing well with his favorite babysitter.

God's ways are higher than our own. We've learned that you don't have to understand why things happen the way they do, but trust that His providence will bring the greatest blessings. And it has...

What's it gonna be??

We are ready for a girl or a boy! Soon we will be a family of four. Okay, five if you count Jones. So those of you waiting to see if its a girl to send us girly pink, we do have some girly pink already! We even have a cute little hat with flowers. Thanks for the loans Nellie! But even Titus has plenty of yellow and green outfits he can contribute to his new little sister. If it's a boy, obviously we are set.

Either way, we are going to be happy. The baby's crib is all set-up, complete with a new space heater to keep the nursery nice and warm.

All we need now is the baby to come into the world. Our doctor has decided the baby will be coming before Tuesday. If we don't go into labor before then, we will be induced Tuesday morning. So not too much longer to wait!

38 weeks

Just a few photo's to look at and ponder. :)



Big Belly



Ready to Pop!

Keeping Busy!

First off, Congratulations to John and Jessica! They have a beautiful baby girl as of yesterday morning. Oh how precious are the pictures of that little one. Enjoy those first few days of home time, they are precious and important. Love you guys.

We are so close to the end of this pregnancy, and I still have things on my lists to do, but they are not so important. I am just trying to keep busy and distracted. Yesterday I was super busy! A few friends came over and we had a "hair party." I received a call from one friend and she asked if I could chop her hair off and donate it to Locks of Love. Of course I said YES!!! You can explore what Lock of Love is on your own, but here is a simple explanation. A company that takes human hair and makes wigs for children who have lost their own hair due to illness. They do have restrictions and requirements. One requirement is for the hair to be at least 10 inches long in the ponytail intended for donation. We had plenty.

One of the other friends who came over had previously donated her hair through me. It was the first time I had ever cut her hair! Although I had cut a donation cut before, I was nervous back then, and yes I was nervous this time too! But all went well. :)

Here is our before photo, clearly she has lots and lots of hair!




And After! She still has lots of hair! She couldn't keep her hands out of it! I was so different to run her fingers through such short hair.



And these are the 10+ inch ponytails headed for a young person in need of a hairpiece.



Hope you enjoyed, I know I did!

First Post of the Year

Happy New Year to all. We celebrated the New Year on East Coast time this year. Sad, but we were just tired. But new things are happening this year. We are at the point of no return in the pregnancy, meaning, if any labor starts it won't be stopped! Baby Carnahan will be entering the world sometime soon.

We are just about 37 weeks along. Titus was born just after 38 weeks, but anything goes. I was ready for Titus to be late, and he came early. I have been ready for this one to early so its probably gonna be late. :) We have cleaned up and set up the pack n play in our room. I have pulled out the newborn clothes, and separated the baby toys from the toddler toys. So as close as we are, we are as ready as we can be at this point. We have arrangements for Titus, and the dog. All we need now is a new baby.

CHRISTMAS 2009!

So Christmas has came and passed and it was fun times here at the Carnahan House. (Well, all except a slight plumbing emergency, but we'll get there.)

The big fun started on Christmas Eve with Mommy and Daddy singing in the Desert Springs Church Christmas Choir. Titus got to enjoy the service too and the whole family got dressed up for the occasion.



Titus slept until 7am Christmas morning, but we didn't tackle the gifts and such until after breakfast and our morning nap. Here's the whole family by the tree.



Titus had lots of fun opening gifts and playing with both the wrappings and gifts alike. Here he is super excited about a book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, that had a toy worm in it.



After presents and playing by the tree, Titus was pretty tuckered out and decided to take his afternoon nap early. Mommy and Daddy were going to nap too, but Jones REALLY needed to go outside. And you know why? He wanted to see the new fountain! Oh wait, that's not a fountain, that's a busted sprinkler head posing as a fountain. Yeah... Daddy sprung into action and soon realized how bad the situation really was.

You see, if you have followed our blog for a long time, you'd know the previous owners of our home had some questionable taste and even more questionable craftsmanship when it came to the quality of home improvements. Case in point, there was no emergency shut-off valve for the sprinkler system, despite the fact that there were THREE valve boxes buried around the property. After opening the third box to find nothing in it, Daddy caved and shut the water off at the street.

Our Christmas Spirit wasn't dampened by the lack of water. We spend a lovely evening at home, playing with our new toys and snuggling on the couch. Daddy woke up at 6am today and bought a new sprinkler (with built-in emergency shut-off) and had it installed soon thereafter.

With showers running and toilets flushing once more, we completed a Carnahan family (when in Albuquerque) tradition--building a gingerbread house. We used all sorts of yummy goodies to make the house and here is a picture of the finished product with all the goodies in view.



Mommy and Daddy wanted to dig in right away,


but Titus wanted some first! Here he is licking those lips in anticipation.


I think this house may have been too sweet even for Titus.



Too Sweet indeed.

Thanks for all the Merry Christmas wishes and gifts. We had a lot of fun and enjoyed our Christmas here in Albuquerque. Just think, in only a few more weeks we'll have another little one!!